http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/welcome_to_the_20.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/welcome_to_the_20.html/comment-page-1#comment-51374 hkjkjh Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:11:48 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/welcome-to-the-disciplinary-corporation.html#comment-51374 The nursing home part of your post is troubling, but I don't understand what's wrong with the programs incentivizing employees to become healthier. Some estimate that 80% of our health care costs are due to chronic diseases that could be preventable if people eat better and exercise more. Shouldn't we, then, being providing at least some incentives to people to do just that? I agree that there may be limits, based on privacy and other concerns, on how much that we should do this, but as a general matter it seems like a good deal. The nursing home part of your post is troubling, but I don’t understand what’s wrong with the programs incentivizing employees to become healthier. Some estimate that 80% of our health care costs are due to chronic diseases that could be preventable if people eat better and exercise more. Shouldn’t we, then, being providing at least some incentives to people to do just that? I agree that there may be limits, based on privacy and other concerns, on how much that we should do this, but as a general matter it seems like a good deal.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/welcome_to_the_20.html/comment-page-1#comment-51373 Daniel Goldberg Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:38:40 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/welcome-to-the-disciplinary-corporation.html#comment-51373 Good post. You do not even want to know the literature on pain management in nursing homes. It's truly horrifying, with estimates of as high as 80% of LTC residents suffering persistent unremediated pain. I have an article coming out on pain in the elderly that addresses this, though not from the vantage of regulation of nursing homes. Good post. You do not even want to know the literature on pain management in nursing homes. It’s truly horrifying, with estimates of as high as 80% of LTC residents suffering persistent unremediated pain. I have an article coming out on pain in the elderly that addresses this, though not from the vantage of regulation of nursing homes.

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